Tire-cover.



PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906.

W. A. ALLEN.

TIRE COVER.

APPLIGATIONFILED .11.11.31, 1906.

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By M A TTOHA/E YS STATES rar-N Nascanna.

` I Specification of Letters Patent. Application iile'd January 31, 1906. Serial No. 298,880

Patented Aug. 14, 11.906.,

Toa/ZZ whom it may concern:

citizen of the United States, and a resident of the c ity of New York, borough of Manhattan, 1n the county and State of New York, have invented a new and improved lTire- Cover, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descri tion.

' The purpose o the invention is toprovide an eective cover for the tires of automobiles and other vehicles'using rubber tires, which cover will iit snugly to the tire and conform to all parts thereof, said cover being so constructed that rain, snow, or hail will not beat in, but will be shed therefrom as soon as recelved. K

-Another purpose of the invention is to coristruct a cover adjustable to .different thicknesses of tires and which does not need laclng, the fastening devices em loyed bein independent of each other an capable o expedltlous and convenient manipulation.

i The invention consists in the novel coni struction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,

and pointed out in the claims. Reference is to be had to ing drawings, forming a p'art of this specificatlon, in which similar characters of reference 4indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective Iview `of the improved cover secured upon a tire. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken practically on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1and Fig. 3 is a broken plan view of the cover laid fiat.

The device is made from a strip of weatherproof material of any approved character and isin the form of a arallelogram. It comprises five s'tri s para el with eachother and stitched toget er at their adjoining edges or equivalently secured. These strips consist of a.' strip B, which is adapted to cover the inner face of the tireA, a strip C, which covers one' side face of the tire, la strip D, which covers the tread, together witha strip E, which covers the other side of the tire and extends to the adjacent edge of the inner strip ,engages smoothly with one side face of the accompanyl 0 in transverse order and at suitable distances Be 1t known that I, WILLIAM A. ALLEN, a

apart, and any desired number 'of studs may constitute a row. At corresponding oints on the side strip E a longitudinal row o sockf ets 13. are located, adapted to en age with any .of the studs in the rows 12. he studs 12 and the sockets 13 constitute the two members of a separable button. l At the opposite side of the vcut 11 in the Hap F a longitudinal series of socket members 14 is located, and at corresponding points'in the side members E transverse rows of studs -15 are secured, adapted to be received by any of the sockets 14. Thus it will be observed that vthe studs of the separable buttons at one end of the cover are on the ap F, while the studs for the separable buttons at theoposite end of the cover are on the side strip and at one end of the cover studs 16 are secured, adapted to be received by sockets'17 at the ppo'site end of the cover, as is best shown in.

3. 1 Vhen the. cover is placed on the tire A, Aas is shown in Figs. 1-and 2 ,the .stripB conforms to the inner face of th h tire, the strip D engages with the tread of the tire, and the strip E engages with the opposite face. The flap F is made to lie betweenv the outer faceofthe tire and the outer coverstri E for about one-half the circumference of t e tire,while the remaining portion of the flap F lies outside ofthe sidecover-strip E, as is clearl shownin Fig.. 1. Thus when vthe tire is p aced so that the concealed portion of theflap .F is uppermost and the exposed e tire, the strip C portion is a't the lower portion ofthe tire it is impossible for the weather to beat into the cover to reach the tire, even in the most severe storm, since theA water willbe shed equally well from both the upper and the lower The cover is secured pressingl the socket e buttons upon the portions of the cover. in position by simply members of the separab stud members thereof, as is particularly 'shown in Figs. 1 and 2. No laces are employed for the improved cover, and the said cover is so constructed as to conform strictly tothe contour of the tire, and by reason'of the transverse rows of studs being employed IOO in connection with'a sin le longitudinal row of sockets of 'a separab e button -the cover may be made to fit tires which var 1n'de th or thickness andyet conform to t e out e of the tire.

Having thus described my invention, l

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claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentn- 1. A covering for vehicle-tires, constructed of a weatherproof material consisting of connected parallel strips, one for the inner face of the'tire, one for each of the side faces of the same, one for-the tread, and a transverselydivided flap4 connected with the inner facingstrip, and adapted for lapping engagement with one of the side strips, one portion of the fla being arranged to extend beneath said si e strip and the other portion outside said side strip, and means for securing the flap to the side strip with which it engages.

2. A cover for vehicle-tires, constructed 'of a weatherproof material consisting of connected parallel strips, one for the inner face of the tire, one for each of the outer side faces and a flap connected with the inner facingstrip, adapted for lap ing engagement with a side strip, the said ap-section being transversely cut between its ends7 one portion of the yflap-strip being carried beneath the said side strip and the other portion over the side strip, and means for securing the said flap to the side strip With which it engages and means for securing the ends of all the strips together.

n verse cuts between its end stud-sections of separable buttons. arrange in multiple series in transverse rows and carried by( one portion of the said flap-section, .and socket members for the said studs arranged i'n a longitudinal row and carried by the outer side section of the cover at'the same end thereof, and

,duplicate s'tud-and-socket sections of separable buttons located at the opposite end portion of the cover but in reverse order, and means for attaching the ends of the cover t0- gether.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of tWo subscribing witnesses.

WM. A. ALLEN.

IWitnesses:

W. T. MORRIS,

WILLIAM BELL. 

